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October 23 , 2024
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- The rising demand for farmed salmon is affected coastal communities to access affordable fish.
- Fish oil is increasingly in demand for salmon farms, which now supply 70 per cent of all salmon consumed worldwide.
- The farmed Atlantic salmon alone accounted for 60 per cent of fish oil usage in 2020.
- Poor coastal communities depend on these small fish for both food and their livelihoods.
- But because these fish are being used to feed farmed fish, like salmon, instead of being available for local consumption, these communities are struggling to access an affordable source of protein.
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